another facebook blog

I am intrigued by  the many view points about the mighty Facebook. And reasons people have for NOT going on to it.

Me? I think it is handy, but at the end of the day-I think I could manage without it.

I have often wondered if Mr Zuckerthingy started charging a membership fee how many people would still use , it. I suppose if he just charged $1 or £1 a year he would still make some money..

I must admit it was via FB I got in touch with a couple of people I lost touch with.

And through one of them I “met” someone who is most entertaining, and is actually keeping me on the blasted thing

But if seems to rule people’s lives. People use it to communicate instead of emails.They even announce where there are-“jack is currently in Debenhams” and it shows a map of which branch he is in. I half expect to see “Jack is in the 3^rd cubicle from the left in the toilets in the Foyle Side”

I hear a few stories of people hacking into FB members accounts and doing nasty things –but then this can happen anywhere.

I don’t see the point in putting on people you see everyday in real life as friends as I would far rather have real conversations, be it on the phone or face to face.

On the other hand I like it when someone makes a comment and other people respond to it-be it serious or funny.

Someone in my rambling club requested me as a friend. On his info page he had 2000, yes 2 thousand friends. I was curious about this and he explained that he was playing a game and to get help on it you had to take people on as friends. Not for me.

Like I said it IS a nice way to keep in touch with people far away-I did get in touch with 2 people –well 3 –but one of them has Spanish as a first language-she lives in Miami or somewhere-and despite her being serious eye candy I just could not understand her comments. Another one was always putting up notices to join clubs like “click like to save little doggies called Brian being kept outside the house.”

There are some people I would like to see on FB as I know I would like their humour.

But it’s the way it seems to take over peoples lives that gets me. And Oh! I recently “liked “ a page for a tv show that I like. One of the comments about something I asked was in Spanish-I ticked the box to translate it and it was one of those chain things that said if I did not repost and get more than 25 likes, and if I deleted it I would die painfully that night. Hmmmm.

In saying that and digressing –via facebook I found out about a record fair in Derry in 3 weeks time and some interesting things about a cycling magazine I like. So it’s not all bad.But Jack I don’t really need to know your every movement. And my brother’s girlfriend recently had a baby-I was emailing my other brother her name and he said that he already knew as she had it on her facebook page-not long after the birth.

To conclude when used right Face Book can be good fun. But it can take over your life.

Now Twitter is another thing.When I started that I seemed to see a plethora of comments on what people where eating.But discovered that following famous people is much more fun. Even following road traffic reports is good fun too.

That’s it.